Tecumseh prison riot damage exceeds early estimates, pegged at $350-500K

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Paul Hammel

LINCOLN — The deadly weekend riot at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution caused much more damage than initial estimates and was related to a lack of activity and programs for inmates at the 960-bed facility, state senators were told Thursday.

The riot, in which inmates took over two housing units for at least 10 hours, resulted in $350,000 to $500,000 in damage, lawmakers said after meeting with State Corrections Director Scott Frakes.

Earlier, prison officials had given only a partial estimate of damages: between $30,000 and $50,000 to surveillance cameras.

Inmates tore down walls, broke windows and set chairs and mattresses ablaze during the rampage that left two inmates dead and left cells for 128 inmates unusable.

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[jwirr]

1. Very few understand that the activities and programs are to keep the prison guards safe not to

reward the prisoners.

[Sunlei]

2. only opened in 2001,wonder if it was run by the 'for profit' prison services.

"a lack of activity and programs",

The prison has a long list of programs on their website, many educational...not true I guess?

[Cal Carpenter]

3. Huh, a bunch of frat kids from U Mich did more damage than that

at a ski resort a few months back.

No one died though.

(I promise I'm not trying to make a coherent point or get too far off-topic, but this came to mind immediately when I saw the thread title and the juxtaposition is oddly fascinating to me).

[snooper2]

4. concrete blocks are cheap